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Tennis balls installed around town promote Western & Southern Open

The Western & Southern Open has placed giant tennis balls around in and around downtown Cincinnati.

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Updated: 5:33 PM EDT Aug 5, 2015

Tennis balls installed around town promote Western & Southern Open

The Western & Southern Open has placed giant tennis balls around in and around downtown Cincinnati.

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WEBVTT HIS FATHER SAID THAT EVENSTILL,KAISER WOULD HAVE WANTED TO BERIGHT THERE.THE COUNTDOWN IS ON UNTILCINCINNATI IS ONCE AGAIN IN THEINTERNATIONAL SPOTLIGHT.THIS YEAR PROMOTERS OF THEWESTERN AND SOUTHERN OPEN AREGETTING QUITE CREATIVE WITHTENNIS BALLS.WLWT NEWS 5'S KARIN JOHNSONJOINS US LIVE FROM THE TENNISCENTER IN MASON TO EXPLAIN.HI KARINKARIN: PROMOTERS WANT ALLFAMILIES IN GRADERS AND 90 TOGET IN ON THIS.ALL OF -- ALL IT TAKES IS ALITTLE WALKING, MAYBE DRIVING,AND SOME CREATIVITY.IT IS AVERRED, A PLANE, NO, IT'SA TENNIS BALL.A LOOK LIKETHEY LITERALLYFELL OUT OF THE SKY AND IMPALEDTHEMSELVES ON SOME OF OURLANDMARKS AROUND THIS THE.KARIN: GET YOUR HARDHATSREADY.FIVE RIGHTS IN THE BALLS AREFALLING INTO PLACE AT WASHINGTONPARK, THE GREAT AMERICAN TOWER,IN KENWOOD, AND ON THE SQUARE.SHATTERING ATTENDANCERECORDSARE LONG LINES OF WHATTOURNAMENT PROMOTERS ARETHINKING.PEOPLE TUNE OUT BILLBOARDSTHESE DAYS, BUT SOMETHING LIKETHAT YOU COULD LITERALLY TRIPPEDOVER IT.KARIN: AND IF YOU HAPPEN TOCOME ACROSS ONE IN YOUR TRAVELS--TAKE A PICTURE AND WE LOVE TOREPOST IT.I THINK IT IS JUSTA GREAT WAYTO ANNOUNCE THAT THE TOURNAMENTIS HERE.KARIN: MAKE SURE YOU SEND INTHE PICTURES.THE GUYS TELL ME THEY WILL BEHOSTING EVENTS NEXT WEEK OR YOUHOPE TOWIN SOME TICKETS --WHERE WE HOPE TO GIVE AWAY SOMETICKETS.MIKE: TICKETS ARE STILLAVAILABLE.WE ARE JUST A WEEK AWAY FROM OURCENTRE COURT PREVIOUS SPECIALAUGUST 13 AT 8:00 P.M.WE LOOK AT HOW THE WESTERN ANDSOUTHERN CONTINUES TO GROW INTO

Tennis balls installed around town promote Western & Southern Open

The Western & Southern Open has placed giant tennis balls around in and around downtown Cincinnati.